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Old 06-22-2013, 12:42 AM   #114
Ken Maltby
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However since Kobo supports FAT32 on the exposed partitions, the only way I could see to handle metadata on a file by file basis would be to have the book processing routine generate a metadata file for each ebook (similar to the .opf files Calibre uses to store metadata) stored in a single directory similar to the image store currently implemented. IMO, we'd still need the database for speed in accessing information -- imagine doing a search by opening and reading 1000+ files.

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David
How about 8000+ on a 400Mhz jetBook Lite that presents a menu based on both the file name and the metadata embedded in the file. It does this in a few seconds. How it is doing it, is not something I've looked into. It is FAT32, both with the internal flash memory and the SDHC card.

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